| Name: | Fighter dispersal pen (destroyed), North Weald Airfield |
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| SMR Number: | 20646 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 482 038 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL40SE |
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| Parish: | NORTH WEALD BASSETT, EPPING FOREST, ESSEX |
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Summary
Fighter dispersal pen (destroyed) North Weald Airfield
Full description
This was dispersal pen "P.3" (see SMR 20644 for more information on the fighter pens of North Weald airfield) <1> <2>
It was a classic "E" shape, facing E towards the perimeter track. The site has now been built over by the E bank of the M11 motorway. An unidentifiable grassy hump now stands just inside the airfield boundary, probably the pen's bulldozed remains.
One photo taken of site <3>
<1> Air Ministry, 1944, Plan from the Air Ministry of North Weald Airfield (Map). SEX62966.
<2> RAF, 1947, CPE-UK 2135-4159 (AP). SEX62967.
<3> Nash, Fred, 2003, SMR (Photograph). SEX62971.
Monument Types
- DISPERSAL PEN (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- Site visit to North Weald Airfield by F Nash and S Tyler (Ref: Nash and Tyler EPF Mar-Apr 2003)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Map: Air Ministry. 1944. Plan from the Air Ministry of North Weald Airfield. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1947. CPE-UK 2135-4159. |
| <3> | Photograph: Nash, Fred. 2003. SMR. |
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